Ink-well cover.



M. A. CROZIER.

INK WELL CQVEH. APPLICATION min Hm a. ma.

1 74,246. Patented July 30, 1918.

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MICHAEL A. GROZIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T FRANK A. WEEKS MFG. 00.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

IN K-WELL COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 4, 1918. Serial No. 210,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. MIoHAEL A. Cnozmn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx. county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ink-Vell Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to form a self-closing cover for an ink well; to provide a cover of the character mentioned which does not interfere with the insertion or withdrawal of a pen; to reduce the cost of constructing said cover; and to supply the same an attachment for use with ink wells of conventional make.

I) m to tags.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an ink well and cover therefor constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, a portion of the construction being cut away to show the pivotal mounting of the cover sections;

F ig. 2 is a vertical section, the section being taken as on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of an ink well and cover therefor constructed and arranged in accordance with a modified form of the invention Fig. 4 is a top view of an ink well and cover therefor constructed and arranged in accordance with a further modification of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective showing one of the cooperating half sections of the cover;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view showing another modified form of the invention.

Description.

As seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the ink well has a body portion 10, an open end well 11 being formed therein. In the preferred form of the invention, the well is surrounded at the upper end by a ledge 12, which forms a seat for the flanges 13 with which half dome sections 14 are provided. The half dome sections 14 when juxtaposed form a complete circular overhanging dome partly covering the well 11 for protecting the contents therein. The sections 14 are separate, each from the other, and are held in mutual service relation only by the vertical wall of the ledge 12. i

In the center of each of the sections 14, sockets are formed to receive the pivot pins 15 with which each of the cover sections 16 is provided. As shown best in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the pins 15 are extended from each of the sections 16 adjacent the upper junctions of the rims 17 and the closure edges 18. Owing to this arrangement, it will be observed that each section is overbalanced at the rear to swing the sections 16 to a position where the edges 18 on the opposite or cooperating section abut to form a close joint. In practice, the rims 17 rest on the edge of the opening of the dome sections 14 to prevent each of the said sections from swinging farther than the vertical position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Each of the sections 16 has a nib receptacle 19, the office whereof is to receive the nib of the pen when the pen is pressed on the said sections to start the cover sections opening'before the body of the pen is brought into contact therewith. Also the receptacles 19 serve as releasing members for the nib of the pen when the body of the pen is drawn upward from the wall 11. This latter function is effected by the body of the pen resting between the edges 18 of the sections 16 at a point above where the nib of the pen leaves the lower end of the said receptacle 19.

The modification of the invention disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings consists in providing a body 20 wherein the ledge 12 is omitted. Adjacent the wall opening the said body is provided with oppositelydisposed recesses 21 wherein the pins 15 rest and have bearings.

hen installing the cover, the sections 16 are separately disposed in working position, the pins 15 of each section being crowded to opposite sides of the recesses 21. The operation of the cover when thus arranged is the same as that above described.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the modification consists in providing a body 22 wherein is formed three recesses 23. In this form of Patented July 30,1918.

the invention, a further modification con sists in substituting for the half sections 16 described 'aboye, sections 2% which are constructed to" form the third of a complete circle. The pins 15 with which the sections 24 are provided rest as seen in the drawings, in the recesses 23. When installing the cover constructed and arranged in accord ance with the modified form of the inven tion, the sections are placed in operating position seriwtim.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the dome 25 is formed as a continuous ring. The cover sections 16 are supported in the dome 25 by means of pins 26, which are forced through the side walls of the dome 25 into the said cover sections. Care is used to permit the cover sections to move on the pins as a pivot.

Claim.

An article as characterized comprising a body having a top-opening Well receptacle; a plurality of separable dome sections for partly covering said well receptacle; :1 plurality of pivotally mounted pendent cover sections; and means for pivotally mounting said cover sections on said dome sections, said means embodying a plurality of pivot pins and pivot sockets therefor formed in said dome and cover sections for swinging said cover sections on said dome sections.

MICHAEL A. CROZIER.

Oopiu 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

